Carolyn S. Gordon

Carolyn S. Gordon
Gordon in 2016
Born	(1950-12-26) December 26, 1950 (age 73) Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Purdue University (BS) Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
Known for	Inverse spectral problems, homogeneous spaces
Awards	Mathematical Association of America Chauvenet Prize Noether Lecture Fellow of the American Mathematical Society Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow of Association for Women in Mathematics President of the Association for Women in Mathematics
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Dartmouth College
Doctoral advisor	Edward Nathan Wilson

Carolyn S. Gordon (born 1950)^[1] is an American mathematician who is the Benjamin Cheney Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College. She is most well known for giving a negative answer to the question "Can you hear the shape of a drum?" in her work with David Webb and Scott A. Wolpert. She is a Chauvenet Prize winner and a 2010 Noether Lecturer.